I have way too much time on my hands atm, have just spent 45min working this all out

BOY

Lisa
Jade
MrsDebs
KellyRowH
Clare&Russ
Mario
Olliesmammy
Happy
Mariheartselijah
Mrsmb
SusanLibbyDexter
Baby Milly
Emms'n'Hayden
Liberty

GIRL

Shell
Char&Noah
LisaG
Amy
Laura
Carla&Callum
PinkyD
MrsCruise&Dee
Mandy

*Suzi&Gracie answered boy and girl on dif threads, & lita thinks its a puppy

DATE

Sat 10th - Lisa, Natkat
Sun 11th - Mandy
Mon 12th - Suzi&Gracie
Due date (13th) - SusanLibbyDexter, EmmaNHayden
Wed 14th - Liberty,Mrs Debs
Thur 15th - Me, Babymilly, LisaG, Laura
Fri 16th - Shell, MrsCruise&Dee,
Sat 17th - Mrsmb, Carla&Callum
Sun 18th - Char&Noah, Amy, KellyRowH,
Mon 19th - Jade, Clare&Russ, PinkyD
Wed 21st - Mario
Sun 25th - Lita

WEIGHT

6lb 14oz NatKat
7lb MrsDebs
7lb 3oz Mario
7lb 5.5oz Suzi&Gracie
7lb 6oz Jade
7lb8oz Mandy
7lb 10oz Shell
7lb12oz Me
7lb 14oz Laura
8lb Clare&Russ
8lb 2oz Babymilly, Amy, Carla&Callum
8lb 3oz SusanLibbyDexter
8lb 3 1/4oz (?) MrsCruise&Dee
8lb 5oz Liberty
8lb 6.5oz LisaG
8lb 7oz Emma'n'Hayden
8lb 9oz KellyRowH
8lb 12oz Char&Noah
8lb 15oz Mrsmb
9lb 1oz PinkyD
11lb 5oz Lita

So a boy on thur 15th weighing 8lb 2oz is the most unlikely to happen!

Lol snoopy enjoy being bored while you can!

Love it! I think a boy as well if you want to update

awww hun, soon be here xx

I know in a few days (or weeks ) I'l be disappearing and not be posting for ages. In the meantime I shall continue to be annoying and self focused

Argh, sorry everyone Im just at that anxious stage & wish I knew when it was going to happen. The idea of just going into labour is terrifying me as I was induced with Caitlin and it was all planned from week before I was due so knew what/when it would happen. I think its the not knowing thats getting to me, even down to boy or girl. I cant even distract myself with shopping for baby!

snoopy21 wrote:

I know in a few days (or weeks ) I'l be disappearing and not be posting for ages. In the meantime I shall continue to be annoying and self focused

Argh, sorry everyone Im just at that anxious stage & wish I knew when it was going to happen. The idea of just going into labour is terrifying me as I was induced with Caitlin and it was all planned from week before I was due so knew what/when it would happen. I think its the not knowing thats getting to me, even down to boy or girl. I cant even distract myself with shopping for baby!

Aww hun I remember that feeling well and I think it's definately worse when your EDD is so close to xmas (mine was 13th too). Try not to worry about spontaneous labour though because I've had one spontaneous and one induced and I would do a million natural ones before I was ever induced again. The not knowing boy or girl thing would have got to me too tbh but just imagine that wonderful suprise when baby is handed to you and you find out what 'it' is? I would have loved to have had a suprise but I wouldn't have coped with the not knowing for 9 months - I'm too much of a control freak

I'm not gonna say 'not long now' because it will feel like a lifetime away for you now no matter what so just keep spamming banda with as many posts as you can as it keeps us amused and one thing is for sure - time flies when you're on here, I should know, I'm supposed to be baking cuppies and making crispy cakes for my baby boys 3rd!!!!! birthday party tomorrow and putting up decs etc and I've wasted half the morning browsing here and filling in online surveys

xx

Oh I havent guessed a date or weight yet!!!

I'm gonna be the first to say due date so 13th and weight of 8lb 3

Oh and I agree with Debs 100% that spontanious labour is so so much better than an induction, and I would be really frustrated not knowing what sex it is too but it must also be so exciting having that surprise.

I really hope it happens soon for you hun but in the meantime carry on posting if it takes your mind off things!! xxxx

I reckon due date baby - boy - measuring 8lb 7oz - nickname will be Christmas pudding

wh ythe question mark over my weight guess woman !!! i soooo hope its right lol

LOL do they really tell you and 1/4????

Thank you all for entertaining me. I know im being annoying going on about it but its the only thing left to focus on now. Bought new car, finished work, went for interview, have cleaned house (tbf could do with doing again ), tree up, presents bought & wrapped, phoned everyone I need to re bills/changing my phone number, sent cheques for things that need paying in next few weeks, cupboards full of food....

Thank god for the internet or id be going nuts!

Debs I think you are right, it being close to xmas is making it worse. I keep thinking about being in hospital at xmas, being too tired/sore to enjoy Caitlin & this is the 1st year she sort of gets santa, worrying about people calling over unannounced - pet hate of mine!, snow, BF with a toddler is really stressing me out - ive nearly decided already to just do it for a cpl of days and then quit as it seems impossible to do with a toddler... the list goes on....

Sigh, this time next year but I bet some other poor sod is in my position and il be telling them its fine and was the best xmas I ever had (I hope!!!)

my son was 8,3 and 1/4 oh maybe it was 1/2 but they deffo told me and wrote it down xx

Snoops I've BF Hermione for 5 months now and apart from someone else being able to feed the baby if you bottle feed, I find BF much easier.

I always have a hand spare and can type (like i am now) or pull Rowan into my side and have a good cuddle

I know its handy Kelly. I think my experiences with Caitlin are putting me off. Im not sure what was normal BF problems in early weeks and what was due to her milk allergy.

Basically she never went more than 2hrs between feeds and would feed for 45min-1hr at a time meaning I only had 1hr between feeds 24hrs a day. Even by 6-8 weeks it was still maybe 3hrs between feeds but feeding a full hr and she would take another hr to settle after due to tummy cramps, so again 1hr of peace. She screamed nearly all night....Urgh I could cry thinking about it I was exhausted and know I couldnt function with a toddler too doing that. I began to resent feeding her and hated when people called as I didnt BF in front of them so was always planning feeds before they called over and clock watching while they were here.
I dont know how much of that is me looking back and remembering it worse than it was or whether that was reality - all I know is by 8 wks I was a sobbing mess and was so glad she got diagnosed with an allergy and I could put her on formula without feeling guilty/failure (which was stupid!)

Really hope I get a dream baby this time!

Jamie was like that and it was 41/2 months before he went more than two hours between feeds (although he'd stopped eating for so long) but my sister's youngest was bf and went through the night from a few weeks. Hopefully you'll get one like that this time

I really struggled feeding Stephen and he would feed constantly and for an hour at a time but have found it much easier this time. Thomas is now feeding every 3 hours and just once in the night so it is getting easier. I never fed infront of people or in public with Stephen but I've found I'm much more relaxed about it this time. Anyway I would just see how it goes and not worry about it for now. Hmmm what else can we have a poll about to take your mind off it?

I'm not going to mention my BF experiences Snoops

I know you had it hard Susan Well done for persevering but. I have my steriliser all set up, btls in and a tub of aptamil on the counter all waiting for the min it gets too much for me. Im determined not to get to the verge of PND over it again. Its easy to say that now but, im sure when it happens i'l still have this feeling of guilt about giving in

Hopefully our 2 had milk problems which made a dif. Im gona try as it may work like a dream... but im not holding my breath. Kinda the wrong attitude to have but as prob already setting myself up to fail.

Urgh where is my crystal ball???

Our first night home from hospital hubby was about to go to Asda at 3am to buy some Aptamil but we decided it wasn't safe for him to drive as he was so tired Thomas has a bit of formula too to make life easier. At the end of the day what matters is that mummy and baby are happy and healthy so just see what happens xxx

I do think the best thing is to have an open mind, I wish I hadnt been so stubborn.

I'm sure you'll be fine, its so worrying but once the baby is here honestly you think what the hell was I worrying about that for! xxxx

awww snoopy I was really determined to breast feed this time and like Caitlin Finlay take an hour to feed and would then want more almost straight away. I thought how can I realistically function if I'm worn out, I wanted Tyler to have his mummy back not some tired grumpy mess so Im expressing and giving Finlay one bottle of breast milk a day. It's not the amount of breast milk that is good for them it's just ANY breast milk. and just a couple of oz per day is plenty of goodness so even if you can't breastfeed or it's too tiring but you feel guilty about it then you can always just express a couple of times a day when you get some spare time and the you'll get the best of both.

And I know why your anxious, before they decided to induce me I was terrified of just going into labour naturally because I couldn't prepare myself for it, I hate the not knowing and totally know how you are feeling.

Like I said though you will recover a lot quicker this time round, I felt almost normal after having Finlay within 24 hours, the stitches were a bit uncomfortable but they werent ruining my life like last time lol.

you will be fine and you will have the bestest christmas ever

So Zee & Mandy were right for date (Zee had a slight heads up but ) & Liberty was closest with weight, only 0.5oz under. Quite possibly the closest Banda has ever got to getting these things right!